diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6962e59..f3d4832c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@
                 <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                 <version>1.12.6</version>
             </dependency>
+		    <dependency>
+			  <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+			  <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
+			  <version>1.13</version>
+		    </dependency>
+		    <dependency>
+			  <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+			  <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+			  <version>1.13</version>
+		    </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/eureka/EurekaClientConfiguration.java b/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/eureka/EurekaClientConfiguration.java
index 8cb8de11..0cad89aa 100644
--- a/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/eureka/EurekaClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-platform-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/platform/netflix/eureka/EurekaClientConfiguration.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnExpression;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 
 import com.netflix.appinfo.ApplicationInfoManager;
 import com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo.InstanceStatus;
+import com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient;
 import com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryManager;
 import com.netflix.discovery.EurekaClientConfig;
 
@@ -105,4 +107,9 @@ public class EurekaClientConfiguration implements
 		return order;
 	}
 	
+	@Bean
+	public DiscoveryClient discoveryClient() {
+		return DiscoveryManager.getInstance().getDiscoveryClient();
+	}
+	
 }